PART A - Brainstorm Session

Web Conferencing Tools

Team 1 Web Huddle

We tried a number of web conferencing tools for this assignment.  One of our group members had a hard time with three of the services, while another had a hard time with one of the services (the one that the other group member could get to work).  I've included some screen shots of our attempts in this blog post.  As a last resort, we Skyped for voice chatting, and kept a written record in a Google Doc.

Skype had crystal clear call quality.  However, since we had four people in our conference call, we were not able to share screens or video streams.  Web Huddle did let one person share their screen.  Since she was the one that started the web conference, it did not allow anyone else to act as a presenter.

Angel Live Chat Room

We used Angel's Email and Live Chat Room services to setup our initial meeting.

Due to our group's technical difficulties, and the fact that Jing only records the screen for 5 minutes, we could not record our group meeting.  It lasted for a little over an hour in total.

Group Leadership Project
Our group has decided to create a tutorial for teachers that will use Google Docs.  Our ~10 minute presentation will be shared via Slideshare.  We will divide the work four ways: Documents (Christine), Spreadsheets or Drawings (David...he had to leave the meeting early, but will get to pick between Spreadsheets and Drawings), Presentations (Jeff), and Forms (me).

Part A needs to get done today.  Part B needs to be done by July 31st.  We would like to have the entire presentation done and uploaded by August 6th--a week ahead of schedule.  This is still just a rough outline, but I feel it is adequate, since we have yet to begin.